I stared at the passing trees in silence. I had been sitting in this uncomfortable car for hours without any sort of entertainment and I was getting bored and a bored me wasn't good nowadays. A year ago, I would've never imagined myself like this. Without a trace of emotion and as far away from my home as you could go. This just wouldn't have been possible. But I guess things change, and in my case, they changed drastically. Well the most significant difference is me. I cannot feel anything. No anger, no pain, no happiness, no love, no nothing. It was like I was an empty shell while my soul was gone from my body, buried deep underground with my dead friend and family.

I have never heard of such thing before, but quite frankly I was glad that it happened. I didn't have to worry about anything in the world and could just relax and have fun. And that is another thing that changed about me. Fun wasn't a word in my vocabulary a few years ago. All I cared about was learning and grades. That was all that mattered to me, but now, who bloody cares about that? The old Hermione Granger was gone, and this was the new me.

"I'm bored, Mason! How long will it take to get there?" I whined like a little child while giving him a slight glare. I couldn't stay scooped up like this anymore. My legs were aching and my butt was getting numb. I wasn't used to such long rides like this.

"Don't be such a child, Mia. We will be there soon enough." Mason Lockwood answered not even sparing me a glance. I don't really remember how we met but I knew that he was kind enough to help me and take me in. He was a handsome man in his late twenties. Many women would be drooling over him but me. No way. He was also a murderous beast every full moon but I didn't care. It wasn't like he was about to kill me every single day and on full moons I would just avoid him while he locks himself up.

"Mystic Falls? What kind of name is that?" He chuckled at my statement while I was actually curious. I mean seriously, why would you name a town like that. "Look we are here." He pointed at the sign saying Welcome to Mystic Falls. I felt a shudder go down my spine. This wasn't a good sign. Something bad will happen here and I could just feel it.

We drove for a few more minutes until we reached a large house or should I say a mansion. There were many people there which meant something was going on. "What are we doing here again?" I asked as I forgot to ask him before and he gave a quick response. "We are here to mourn over my brother. Also to party." I smirked at his remark and turned back to look at the beautiful scenery.

"So the black sheep returns." A young man said while staring at Mason. He had a few similar features to him which suggested they were related. The boy still didn't notice me since I was slightly struggling to find my bag and get out of car.

"Tyler?" Mason asked disbelievingly. Hah, I was right! They are related.

"Yeah…"

"What happened to you? In my mind, you're twelve years old."

"That is two years older than the last time you saw me, Uncle Mason." I chuckled. Uncle Mason just didn't sound right to my ear. He was just too carefree to be an uncle. Well he still could be the cool uncle who sends gifts from all around the earth…

Then they shared a guy hug and then that is when I finally jumped out of the car and made my way towards them. "Aww Mason." I said at this cute moment. They stepped back from each other and both looked at me giving me the spotlight.

"Who is this?" Tyler asked giving me a curious glance. I didn't bother extending my arm and simply said, "I'm Hermione, you can call me Mia. I'm basically Mason's new best friend." I grinned while Mason glared at me. "Am I embarrassing you in front of your relatives?" I asked innocently and he grabbed by my arm and led me inside. I guess I did…

I trailed behind Mason who was talking to random people before I got uninterested and went my own ways. My own ways meant the food tables. I was starving and this was like heaven to me because food was everywhere. I felt someone's stare at me so I looked around. My eyes were met with a pair of bright blue ones. He was hot, but not my type. I ignored his gaze and kept taking random food from my trays and stuffing it into my mouth. And I must say, not very lady likely.

I walked around the house aimlessly for about 10 minutes before I passed a room that caught my interest. There were two girls in it. One was staring intently at the other one who looked like she was moaning in pain. Then she stopped. "I've been around a long-time Bonnie; you are going to have to do better than that." Then the one speaking grabbed 'Bonnie' by her neck baring her fangs. A vampire huh? Then 'Bonnie' opened the door by magic. Another witch.

"Katherine." I heard a voice say and the vampire turned to look. "Stefan." She murmured in a silky voice.

"Let her go." The man said calmly and 'Katherine' shrugged. "Okay." And then she left leaving me and the other witch alone.

"Well isn't this an interesting sight." I said loudly with a slight smirk. The look on Bonnie's face was priceless and I had to keep myself from laughing out loud. I could already tell that she was planning to lie to me. "It is a pleasure to meet you Bonnie." I emphasised her name. She was a witch, that I was sure of but she wasn't like me. She wasn't a wand-wielder which made me pick up an interest in her. I have never in my life met a witch that gets her powers from the nature and not herself.

"How much did you see?"

"Do not fret I only saw how 'Katherine' tried to kill you." I explained rolling my eyes at her reaction. "I know you are a witch and that little friend of yours was a vampire." I went on making her eyes pop out of her skull. My first day here and already I'm in this mess. She then something that I didn't expect and extended her hand and once again introduced herself, "I'm Bonnie Bennet."

I didn't want to shake her hand but oh well, what a girl must do. "Hermione or Mia." Her eyes widened and I knew, I knew I shouldn't have shaken her hand. She saw a vision. I heard that the nature witches were good at Divination. I mean seriously, out of every single class they had to be good at Divination. The only class I was terrible at.

"You... you are a witch?"

"Yep." I shrugged and lit all the candles in the room without even trying. For this spell, I didn't even need a wand or any incantation. Bonnie looked at me in surprise and wonder. I guess she never encountered another witch before.

Then she grabbed my arm and dragged me along with her. She was lucky because I wasn't in a mood for a fight, but if I was and someone tried to drag me, it wouldn't have ended well for then. But I let her drag me to wherever she was going. When we were outside I saw an identical looking girl to the vampire.

"Elena!" Bonnie shouted in relief.

"Bonnie, what happened, who is this?" The girl asked. Why am I even I this mess?

"Okay so this vampire chick that looks exactly like you tried to kill her." I explained briefly in a bored voice. I didn't care about what happened but I had to admit, at least this isn't as boring as I thought it would be when I came here with Mason. On that thought, where is Mason? "Oh and I'm Hermione." I put on a friendly smile even if it was a fake one. She gaped at me, seeming to process everything I said. "I think I'm going to go. I will talk to you later Bonnie. Maybe we can hang out some time."

I left them and went in search for Mason who was currently talking to some random people. I walked up to him, smirking at him slightly. He didn't seem to notice me yet and I decided to do the only reasonable thing right now. Jump on his back and make him give you a piggy back ride of course!

His reaction was hilarious. He jumped up and almost dropped me in the process. The people he was talking to looked at me like I was mental but I grinned at them. "What the hell, Mia?" He demanded.

"Piggy back ride!" I yelled and I could almost feel every single pair of eyes burn holes in my back but I didn't care. I just laughed my ass off as Mason tried to get me off his back. And let me tell you this, he wasn't very successful. When I was satisfied with how annoyed he was, I finally let him go.

"Why do you always have to embarrass me?"